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Chesapeake-based Priority Auto Group is extending its auto empire to the Peninsula with the addition of four new dealerships here since July. "It's a long-term strategy," Priority President and CEO Dennis Ellmer said. "Anything that we can get in Hampton Roads on a franchise that we already own is something we are going to pursue." The automotive group is set to close sometime this month on the RK Toyota dealership at 2301 W. Mercury Blvd. in Hampton. The company also bought the Newport News Nissan dealership at 12925 Jefferson Ave. nearly four months ago and opened Priority Nissan Williamsburg nearly a month ago in the former Casey Used Car Clearance Center at...

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Chesapeake-based Priority Auto Group is extending its auto empire to the Peninsula with the addition of four new dealerships here since July.
"It's a long-term strategy," Priority President and CEO Dennis Ellmer said. "Anything that we can...

HAMPTON — The calls have been steady, and the inquires limitless at the Priority Honda dealership in Hampton.
"We've definitely experienced an increase in calls," said Dan Asble, Priority Honda Hampton service adviser. "Many of them are...

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In the 7700 block of Haynes Drive
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For those who view a car as little more than an expensive mechanical child, one that consumes gas, devours oil and requires a vast amount of money each month for financing, insurance and maintenance, the thought that you could derive pleasure from it is...

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What makes a woman crazy about an automobile? I can only speak for myself. I grew up in the country surrounded by a dairy farm and five brothers. To me, cars were freedom. When I was 14 years old, as an exchange student...

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The world's biggest automaker is driving onto the world's biggest sports stage. Toyota Motor Corp. signed on as a global Olympic sponsor Friday in a landmark deal reportedly worth nearly $1 billion, becoming the first car company to join the IOC's...

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